Two finishing trials were performed to
determine if raw soybeans could be incorporated
into diets to partially replace soybean meal
and beef tallow. Our data indicated that no
sacrifices in animal performance, feed ...

As in our previous studies, the GnRH +
PGF2" treatment was very effective in inducing
a fertile estrus and(or) ovulation. Ovulations
induced in response to the first GnRH injection
averaged 48% in three herds and ranged ...

The Cosynch protocol (GnRH 7 days
before and again 48 h after PGF2" with AI at
the second GnRH injection) produced pregnancy
rates in suckled beef cows that exceeded
50% without heat detection and with only three
handlings ...

Weight and milk production records of
Polled Hereford cows born from 1967 to 1979
were used to fit growth and lactation curves. A
multiple-trait, derivative-free, restricted maximum
likelihood (MTDFREML) procedure,
utilizing ...

Sixteen ruminally fistulated steers were used
to evaluate the effects of feeding supplements
containing combinations of two wheat-milling
by-products on forage intake, digestibility, and
ruminal characteristics. The ...

We measured the incidence of premature
browning during cooking in ground beef that
was purchased from retail supermarkets and
prepared using common household procedures.
Patties made from meat on the outer portion ...

Ruminally cannulated Holstein steers were
used in three nitrogen balance experiments to
determine the sequence of limiting amino acids
for growing steers fed soybean hull-based diets.
The steers in all experiments were ...

In order to predict and establish cooking
times and temperatures of beef to optimize
tenderness and cooked yield, a computer model
was developed utilizing heat and mass transfer
theories. We cooked beef semitendinosus
(eye ...

Crop residue samples from 22 grazed and
nongrazed corn and sorghum residue fields
across Kansas were collected every 2 weeks
during the 1997/98 winter feeding season to
evaluate quality and yield. Corn residue ...

Crossbred heifers (683 lb; n = 175; 30
pens) were used to evaluate alfalfa and cooked
molasses block supplementation to prairie hay.
Treatments were arranged in a 2×3 factorial
with the factors being 0 or 5 lbs of ...

This cross-sectional evaluation of cattle
from a sale barn was completed to identify the
prevalence of ocular lesions. A total of 100
cattle (91 cows and 9 bulls) was examined as
they were being processed through a ...

Holstein steers were used in two 5 × 5 Latin
square experiments to evaluate the sparing of
methionine by alternative sources of methyl
groups (betaine or choline). Steers were
housed in metabolism crates and limit fed ...

As the demand grows for cleaner water,
feedlots will need to reduce and control the
nutrient and sediment loading of runoff. Existing
confined feedlots will need to evaluate their
runoff potential. Costs of controlling ...

Sarcina-like bacteria, possibly Sarcina
ventriculi, have been seen upon histopathologic
examination of the abomasums of calves that
died of abomasal bloat. The ability of the
organism to grow at a low pH and produce
large ...

Direct and correlated responses to selection
for improved feed conversion were estimated
from performance records of 1459 Polled
Hereford cattle born from the spring of 1967
through the spring of 1979. Data were ...

Price variability among carcasses increases
with a change from live-weight to dressedweight
to grid pricing. Grid pricing has the
largest price variability, because the price for
each carcass is influenced by all of ...